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Post by Chris H. on Jul 30, 2009 0:02:20 GMT -5
Is this where the capacitor for the fan motor is located at, in the switch housing? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but I've just opened one of these suckers up for the first time. And how do you discharge the capacitor?  |
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Post by Andrew G. on Jul 30, 2009 0:13:13 GMT -5
Yes, the boxy black thing is the capacitor.
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Post by Chris H. on Jul 30, 2009 1:05:16 GMT -5
Yes, the boxy black thing is the capacitor. Ah ha. So how do you discharge it? Or is already discharged since it's been disconnected from any power source for over a month? I'm eventually getting a fan that I know will need a new switch housing or something..since it won't shut off. Do I need to just take out the switch and put it in the other fan, or take out both the switch and the capacitor and put it in the other fan..or just replace the capacitor? The other fan will change speeds though..and the switch housing above works just fine. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2009 2:15:37 GMT -5
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Post by Chris H. on Aug 18, 2009 21:31:16 GMT -5
Ok thanks.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2009 1:45:00 GMT -5
UNLESS someone messed with the wiring first. It's VERY RARE pullchains mess up
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Post by Chris H. on Sept 7, 2009 17:12:02 GMT -5
Update on this motor..
Dad pulled it out of box, left it out on a table overnight.
The next morning my cat <somehow> knocks it off the table..which cracked a tile, and on top of that, he started having fun with the wires..
So I pick it up and spin it to make sure it was okay..bearings are TRASHED!!
SO I parted what I could..the motor is gone, but I kept the capacitor and most of the internals you see there..plus the switch housing and the mounting bracket.
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Post by jeremy on Sept 7, 2009 17:53:16 GMT -5
so it's dad's and cat's fault grrr,sorry if that happened  |
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Post by Chris H. on Sept 7, 2009 18:07:37 GMT -5
so it's dad's and cat's fault grrr,sorry if that happened It pissed me off big time because I planned on using the motor in a fan my grandmother bought..she went to a salvage place and found a motor but..I also was going to use the motor (if she didn't need it) in a brass hugger that had warped cane blades and ruined-finish blade irons (and replace the warped blades with brown stencil) and put it up in my room. I guess I can't do that now..and have since tried hanging a Barcelona-Tatung knockoff brown 36"spinner..which I decided not to use because it was missing some hanging parts that I knew I wouldn't have luck finding anywhere. So it's in the box and a friggin' Harbor Breeze Springfield is now spinning in my room on low. I kinda would've preferred a hugger in my room..but I guess I'm SOL |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2009 15:03:44 GMT -5
Huggers are pretty common you'll find another.
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Post by Chris H. on Sept 8, 2009 16:21:36 GMT -5
Huggers are pretty common you'll find another. True..very true. But I can also have some luck in finding a spinner motor probably at a Habitat if they have them (the motors) here in Albuquerque. Looks like it's time to work on the old car again so I can drive out there. ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2009 0:23:39 GMT -5
Fix the car so you can drive and get parts to fix the fan. Eh?
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Post by derek anthony on Sept 9, 2009 18:35:46 GMT -5
you usually discharge a capacitor by either touching a screwdriver with a insulated handle to the leads of the cap, if the cap is storing electricy, then you should see a arc or a spark from the lead of the cap to the metal part of the screwdriver, (note, when you use a screwdriver to discharge the cap, make sure that the handle of the driver is either made of plastic, or the handle is wrapped up with electrical tape, or you will get shocked
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Post by Chris H. on Sept 9, 2009 20:22:19 GMT -5
you usually discharge a capacitor by either touching a screwdriver with a insulated handle to the leads of the cap, if the cap is storing electricy, then you should see a arc or a spark from the lead of the cap to the metal part of the screwdriver, (note, when you use a screwdriver to discharge the cap, make sure that the handle of the driver is either made of plastic, or the handle is wrapped up with electrical tape, or you will get shocked Thanks |
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